Kermit tries to help perpetually-frustrated songwriter Don Music make sense of "Yankee Doodle" in this segment from SESAME STREET's 7th season in March of 1976... (1/2)
"Oh, Claire de la Lune, hmm hmm hmm hmm, oh, hi all there, this is Kermit the Frog, and today I'm speaking to you from the studio of the world famous music writer and singer, Mr. Don Music, who I understand is working on his next great big hit, and if we're lucky enough we might be able to hear him at work here. Yankee Doodle went to town riding on a pony, stuck a feather in his hat and called it, called it, called it, oh, I'll never get it, I'll never find a rhyme for pony, never oh, hold on, hold on, wait, what if, Yankee Doodle went to town riding on a kitty, stuck a feather in his hat and called it very pretty, yes, yes, no, no, no, no, that's absurd, no one rides to town on a kitty, bicycle maybe, but what rhymes with bicycle, tricycle, oh, I'll never get it, never oh, Don, Don, hello Don, Don Music, Kermit the Frog here, you know from Sesame Street, I see you're working on a new hit, how's it going? Terrible, just terrible. I was afraid of that, how come? Well listen, you see I can't find a rhyme for pony, just listen. Yankee Doodle went to town riding on a pony, now here is where I'm stuck, I must find a word that sounds like pony, stuck a feather in his hat and called it, you see what I mean? I can't find a word that rhymes with pony, I'll never find it, oh Bill, so near and yet so far. Oh, listen Don, Don, a rhyme for pony, see now that's really not that difficult. Oh, I'll never do it. It's easy, Don, macaroni, macaroni. Yes, that rhymes with pony, I finished, I've got my song. Yankee Doodle went to town riding on a pony, stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni. Yes, that's it, macaroni, who ever heard of anyone sticking a feather in his cap and calling it macaroni, that's ridiculous. I've always thought that myself. Well, I mean, who would, why would anybody call anything macaroni, except macaroni? Now, well listen, Don, how about this, see all you have to do now is you just change that other line, see."
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Kermit tries to help perpetually-frustrated songwriter Don Music make sense of "Yankee Doodle" in this segment from SESAME STREET's 7th season in March of 1976... (1/2)